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imnotvelinda's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Mental illness
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I will also say that I didn't necessarily believe the budding relationship that was happening. It felt like there was little build up and nothing was resolved. But we do have future books to hopefully do that, so fingers crossed!
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Kidnapping
letiross's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Kidnapping
z_thatsit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
the_book_cat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Kidnapping
readerette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The characters are not excessively whiny or inept, which is a pleasant change for me in my experience with YA. However, the relationship between David and Stevie is borderline alarmingly toxic for a YA novel. It's not abusive or anything, but as you find out more about him it can't really be a healthy relationship.
I don't think this needed to be a multi-book series, and if the author had kept it to only one or two books, I imagine I would have been more inclined to rate at a 5 because it would have been more concise and well-paced without so much meandering in the plot or in Stevie's mind and relationships. Instead this is going to be drawn out, and I can only hope Stevie remains believable and that this doesn't become a case of drawing out a plot for the sake of book sales.
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
thevieira's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol
emily_mh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child death and Death
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Ableism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
_aurelia_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders